Happy New Year!

This little 12 inch Annie is a birthday Annie for a friend.

She saw this Marie Osmond doll and

asked me to make an Annie like her

with green eyes and auburn hair ~ hope she likes her.

Wishing you a very happy and blessed New Year.

Annie and Angel Mouse

This is my last Annie for 2011 ~

will be taking a small break until the new year ~

need to clean up the factory ~

refresh my mind and soul ~ take time to enjoy

this special season with my family and friends

God has blessed us with a new addition come July ~

thanking and praising God for a new grandchild ~

praying for a healthy baby girl

but will be just as thrilled with a brother for Dominic

Wishing all a blessed Thanksgiving ~

a holy Christmas ~

and happy New Year ~

special thanks and blessing to all my friends all over the world ~

May God bless you and yours this Christmas and New Year

Holidays

This is such a hectic time of the year ~

Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching fast ~

I love the time spent with family ~

thanking God for the past year and welcoming the new ~

which brings me to my new Annie

Christmas "JOY"

This is one of my last Annies for the year ~

I have some orders to finish for Christmas ~

then I am looking forward to enjoying the holidays ~

Thank you all for visiting and for your comments ~

you are all a blessing

have a great week and God bless.

Electricity and HEAT!!

Saturday we had a early snow storm ~

it brought over a foot of snow and loss of power to thousands ~

we were without power for over 56 hours ~

also lost 1/3 of a beautiful 50 year old magnolia tree

~ part of a cherry and linden tree too ~

God was pruning our trees for us ~

I am thanking Him for electricity especially heat!

the worst part was being so cold

~ too cold to even sew by hand ~

wrapped myself in 3 blankets and wore mittens to read by candle light ~

the university where I work is still without power

so another praise to God ~ I can now stay home and sew

Thank you Lord!

Lesson learned this week

be thankful in all things ~ especially things taken for granted

God bless ~ thanks for visiting and keep warm!

Holly and Berries

Had a wonderful weekend with my 2-1/2 year old grandson, Dominic ~

Grammy and Pops bought him a

Batman tricycle for Christmas

(had to give it to him early of course!)

he sat on that bike, oops I mean "car" most of the weekend

just playing with all the sound buttons ~

still has to learn to push those peddles though

Holly and Berries ~

Annie's face shows some coffee stains ~

sorry, this was not my best job of staining ~

I like when you do not see any coffee stains just darkened muslin ~

I have no idea why I did not fix her but it is too late now ~

she holds a tin star I decorated with

holly, berries and some sweet annie

Annie is dressed in one of my all time favorite

Christmas fabrics ~

unfortunately this was the last in my stash

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

God bless

and thanks for visiting.

Prim Santa and Annie

Up on Ebay this coming Friday will be

Prim Santa and his Annie ~

Santa's hair and beard is lambs wool ~

he has little stitched eyes ~

and his hat was made from an old cutter quilt

with a rusty bell on the tip

Annie wears a homespun dress with a sprig of

sweet annie in her heart pocket ~

her hair was made from Burly spun wool

Everyone loves gingerbread men and gingerbread houses ~

Annie is giving gingerbread wishes and kisses to all!

Wishing all a wonderful week ahead.

Thanks for visiting

God bless!

Free Standing Christmas Annie

I finally finished my free standing Annie ~

her white felt jacket is removable with

hand stitched poinsettia and holly ~ the berries are tiny red beads ~

she was hanging naked on my factory wall for months

so I am thrilled she is finally dressed and ready for Ebay ~

and I am pretty sure I don't want to make another

but it is fun to try something different

Ahhh ~ back to my normal Annies

Fa-La-La

comes with a little tree with a tiny cardinal

and Deck the Halls sheet music

I am getting all excited about Christmas ~

what a great time of rejoicing the birth of Jesus

thanks for visiting ~ have a great week

God bless.